NEW: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will urge Trump to personally intervene to end Sudan’s 2.5-year war, believing U.S. pressure is key to breaking stalled peace talks.

Source: Reuters

Eswatini confirmed it received $5.1 million from the US to temporarily accept up to 160 deportees from various countries.

A major Cloudflare outage caused X, ChatGPT, Downdetector, and many other sites to go down.

Because Cloudflare protects and routes traffic for ~20% of all websites, the incident caused a large chunk of the internet to break at once.

Senior European Diplomat to POLITICO:

Ukraine’s plan to purchase Rafales on top of Gripens is quite surprising.

They don’t have the money. A lot will depend on the Russian frozen assets.

Ukrainian Military Official to POLITICO:

Even if we had all the money, we would not get the jets fast.

Nobody is simply selling enough in the world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is looking to leverage growing US pressure on Moscow to revive stalled negotiations to end Russia’s war.

Zelensky will travel to Türkiye on Wednesday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Steve Witkoff.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump to a female reporter:

“Quiet, quiet piggy.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson will support a discharge petition requiring the DOJ to release all Jeffrey Epstein files.

Source: Axios

Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother:

Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump.

Trump can deny all he wants, but it’s pretty clear.

Everything Trump says is a lie.

WATCH: Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince MBS to the White House with a special ceremony.

US fighter jets flying for MBS.

Ukrainian General Staff:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have successfully employed ATACMS tactical missile systems to carry out a precision strike against military targets on the territory of Russia.

This is a significant development that underscores Ukraine’s unwavering commitment to its sovereignty.

The use of long-range strike capabilities, including systems such as ATACMS, will continue.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations.

The designation blocks them from buying or owning land in Texas and gives the Texas Attorney General power to take legal action to shut them down.

Trump shows off his "Presidential Walk of Fame" to MBS.

German Chancellor Merz:

Last week in Brazil, I asked the journalists with me who wanted to stay. No one raised a hand.

Everyone was relieved to return to Germany that Friday night—especially given the place we were in.

Trump:

We have an extremely respected man in the Oval Office today.

A very good friend of mine.

Trump on MBS:

What he has done is incredible, in terms of human rights and everything else.

Trump:

Saudi is going to be investing at least $600 billion in the US, that number could go higher.

Trump to MBS:

I think we have done a great job in wiping out the nuclear capacity of Iran.

Trump: So you are saying to me now that the $600 billion will be $1 trillion?

MBS: Yes.

Trump: Good, I like that very much.